alastairq Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 1 hour ago, 37114 said: Or tax.... Insure it and it is on paper road legal. No it isn't 'road-legal' in any way shape or form. To be 'road-legal' it needs to be 'road-worthy, ie, comply with RTA's and C&U regs. Also, for an insurance policy providing Road Traffic Acts cover [the minimum the DVLA will accept]...the vehicle would have to comply with the policy conditions...nearly all I've ever seen require the policyholder to maintain the insured vehicle in a 'road-worthy' condition...ie comply with the above regulations? The fact that it could be MoT-exempt [not a 'given' by any means].....and zero-rated VED doesn't make it road-legal. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 1 hour ago, alastairq said: No it isn't 'road-legal' in any way shape or form. To be 'road-legal' it needs to be 'road-worthy, ie, comply with RTA's and C&U regs. Also, for an insurance policy providing Road Traffic Acts cover [the minimum the DVLA will accept]...the vehicle would have to comply with the policy conditions...nearly all I've ever seen require the policyholder to maintain the insured vehicle in a 'road-worthy' condition...ie comply with the above regulations? The fact that it could be MoT-exempt [not a 'given' by any means].....and zero-rated VED doesn't make it road-legal. Hence my mention that "On Paper" it is road legal... My land rover is fully insured, Taxed (at £0 cost) and is MOT exempt so according to the DVLA computer it is road legal. In reality it is physically not road legal as it has no bodywork, lights etc so would not dream of driving it on the road. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted April 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2019 15 hours ago, 37114 said: I am with you in that respect, love it but the sodding thing won't stop leaking oil... Mine leaks hydraulic oil but the level is not going down, had a new steering box and all new pipes on the suspension. Last engine oil leak was a loose turbo feed, prior to that a bung at the end of the cam. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, 37114 said: I am with you in that respect, love it but the sodding thing won't stop leaking 16 hours ago, 37114 said: I am with you in that respect, love it but the sodding thing won't stop leaking oil... its not leaking oil its sweating horsepower Edited April 5, 2019 by peanuts 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 drove the misses upto Ambleside today for one of her photoshoots when this popped out of one of the hotels at the start of its journey could only get a quick snap on her phone before it turned off for Hawkshead 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 2 hours ago, peanuts said: its not leaking oil its sweating horsepower underseal... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chriswright03 Posted April 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2019 Spotted in Famagusta today. Looks like it is still used despite all the salt as it is only yards from the docks. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 22 hours ago, 37114 said: Hence my mention that "On Paper" it is road legal... My land rover is fully insured, Taxed (at £0 cost) and is MOT exempt so according to the DVLA computer it is road legal. Doesn't mention anything about 'road legal' on the DVLA site....which merely confirms when VED is due.....and that there is no record of a current MoT....I've just checked my own vehicles...On 'paper' they have current VED, and are MoT -exempt [as are a number of types of vehicle]... Sorry about pedantry, but by claiming, as we do, that a vehicle is 'road-legal' leads to all sorts of implications about the usage of vehicles over 40 years old.....conveniently forgetting the real issues...which are that of road-worthiness..[which applies to any vehicle, from brand new to ruddy ancient?]. Also, it is 'legal' to drive a vehicle on the public rads, without having current VED, [or MoT]..... The primary consideration for over-40's vehicles seems now to be down to insurance. Without that, none of the above matters.....and it may be worth checking the policy with regards to conditions, if intending to make a claim? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 17 hours ago, chriswright03 said: Spotted in Famagusta today. Looks like it is still used despite all the salt as it is only yards from the docks. That looks in great nick!...must mainly be the salt put down on Brit roads in winter that rusts them over here.. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted April 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2019 On our holidays or work trips abroad, I could always be relied on to find either a railway/locomotive in the most obscure place or a British classic car in a back street. I remember a very nice Minor in the street opposite our hostel in Scarborough, Western Australia; a gorgeous Mk1 Escort in Ponta Delgada, Azores; a Hillman Minx in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria......... As for locomotives, there is a (possibly Orenstein & Koppell) 0-4-0T, which I think was left over from the salt harvesting industry, in a small shopping centre on the island of Formentera. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Some more Americana from the lens of Rick McCloskey, Van Nuys Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, June '72... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 On 06/04/2019 at 10:34, Porkscratching said: That looks in great nick!...must mainly be the salt put down on Brit roads in winter that rusts them over here.. It's not the salt on is own; it needs the humidity as well. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Another one from Rick McCloskey, the archetypal 'GT Man' with his trusty steed on Van Nuys Boulevard in the Summer of '74... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 A rather appropriate Land Rover, this has been on my Flickr favs for 10 years, caption gives the location as Ambleside. Looks a bit "triggers broom" probably explains the Q plate, issued in July 1999 but no other history. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 7, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2019 Popped down to my mums earlier to see her as she’s not well, she has been sorting out folders for me and my brothers and sister with keepsakes, photos etc in, my folder had some pics of a couple of my cars... my mini 1000 which after this ended up with a 1340 engine and 12” wheels, can’t believe it had 10” and my first car, a Vauxhall chevette that was terracotta when I bought it but it went through the wagon spray booth at c.c.crumps and got redone in 2 pack black you see here, it went in again after I removed the vinyl roof and and had it done sprayed black too and parked by my mums now also a modern classic MR2 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 4 hours ago, w124bob said: A rather appropriate Land Rover, this has been on my Flickr favs for 10 years, caption gives the location as Ambleside. Looks a bit "triggers broom" probably explains the Q plate, issued in July 1999 but no other history. Put a battery on it and throw a bit of petrol down the carb it'd probably go... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted April 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2019 16 minutes ago, big jim said: Popped down to my mums earlier to see her as she’s not well, she has been sorting out folders for me and my brothers and sister with keepsakes, photos etc in, my folder had some pics of a couple of my cars... my mini 1000 which after this ended up with a 1340 engine and 12” wheels, can’t believe it had 10” Sad to say I have never owned a Mini and seeing as how the prices of them have, for what are basic cars (and would only be very much a second car to me), skyrocketed, I'm unlikely to ever own one now. Why have the prices of so many cars become so ridiculous? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 4 hours ago, Northmoor said: Sad to say I have never owned a Mini and seeing as how the prices of them have, for what are basic cars (and would only be very much a second car to me), skyrocketed, I'm unlikely to ever own one now. Why have the prices of so many cars become so ridiculous? because idiots are prepared to pay the prices as an investment for their future 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two_sugars Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I've never owned a mini, either. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Derek 19B Posted April 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2019 You haven't missed much. very noisy, very cold an drafts , those sliding windows would rattle while letting the cold air blast through. derek 19b 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 9 hours ago, peanuts said: because idiots are prepared to pay the prices as an investment for their future And the cost of getting them to "better than new" condition. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Too many people with too much money and not enough hard-nosed judgement. Investment in classics can be a very risky activity. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 eBay is in many ways to blame as people use it as an easy 'price guide' these days, there's loads of vehicles (and parts) on there at insane prices, that'd never sell, but nevertheless give a massively inflated idea of what stuff is actually worth, and what you can get for it.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 8, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2019 I first drove a mini at age 32, when we bought a bitsa job from a neighbour, who had done it up. 20 years old,1960, 850 of course, and it needed a bit of understanding for someone who had only driven RWD and larger FWD cars - a couple of Lancia Beta saloons with 100 bhp twin cams! But taking it round twisty Kent lanes I soon learned what appeals about these. Unpretentious and honest little cars, and I can only imagine what a Cooper S must have been like to drive. The BMW version, a la bigjim, still appeals - but you don't get much for your money in space or fittings. Not very many around here, but when in Blighty I look admiringly at the S versions and wonder. If Brexit means I'm deported - if you know otherwise I wonder how! - I will be forced to think about a car, as my Clio Mk4 estate is LHD, of course. Hmmm. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcombe Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) Olddudders: I might allow you to borrow my car, if ever you live permanently in the UK! For the benefit of other readers: it’s a Ford Fiesta Zetec Eco Boost which I love.....even more than the Lexus IS200 owned in my previous life. This car is great for around town especially for on street parking but it’s got plenty of oomph when required e.g. on long journeys to France. In the the distant past I drove Mini's, with a black Mini Mayfair being a great favourite! Some years after parting with it, I saw it being driven by the parent of a child in my class! Edited April 8, 2019 by Ashcombe To add something 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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